Forums Splitboards 171 Voile Mtn Gun mods (for Eric) Viewing 16 posts - 1 through 16 (of 16 total) Author Posts October 27, 2005 at 8:17 pm #567047 bcrider 4149 Posts Voile Mods- First off I’d like to give a big thanks to DJ and the boys and girls at Voile for all the help with this. Second big thanks to Jeff at Catek for making an awesome product and helping grass roots riders Here is my brand new 171 Mtn. Gun. Super “floor†October 27, 2005 at 9:47 pm #583900 Eric 60 Posts Thanks bcrider! Oh, and I did have to put an aluminum shim under the Catek parts to that the tnuts would have room to poke above the slider plate. Make sure you have some tin snips if you order the parts from Jeff. 😛 October 27, 2005 at 9:50 pm #583901 Eric 60 Posts Uggggg! Couldn’t post the report, but I post that twice 🙄 October 27, 2005 at 11:02 pm #583902 bcrider 4149 Posts No problem Eric, I love seeing grassroot and homebrewed mods. 8) Regarding the forum: Its senses your angst…try caressing it more and she will give you the love. 😉 (no really, it should be fixed soon) October 28, 2005 at 12:08 am #583903 affix snow 521 Posts Is this BCriders? or a post of ERIC’s board? Pretty nice work either way! October 28, 2005 at 12:40 am #583904 Eric 60 Posts Thanks! bcrider was kind enough to post my very long post about my board. 😉 October 28, 2005 at 12:41 am #583905 Eric 60 Posts Thanks! bcrider was kind enough to post my very long post about my board. 😉 October 28, 2005 at 7:04 pm #583906 Jogi 158 Posts Nice board! Nice mods! 😉 Since Tuesday the same board is here in my room. 🙂 And I did some work on it too … I just have to separate the slider on the marking-line. Then I have two pucks that overlap to the other board-half. This makes the board stiffer (ok, the Mtn Gun is stiff… so we will see) and it avoids the “up and down” of the two board-halves in riding mode. October 28, 2005 at 7:04 pm #583907 Jogi 158 Posts double-post! sorry! October 28, 2005 at 7:28 pm #583908 Jon Dahl 384 Posts Sheesh, Eric, and I thought that my front at 45 degrees looked radical! Good looking work. October 28, 2005 at 8:12 pm #583909 hardbooter 25 Posts Hey Eric: A couple questions if you don’t mind… 1. Looks like you drilled out the front slider for a 2nd pin to allow for higher angles without interfering with the touring bracket. Did you just saw off the heel “lip”, drill a couple holes, and buy an extra pin? 2. Looks like you have three “parallel” center disks and one “inline” center disk. Did that help get to higher angles? 3. Do the Catek toe/heel block have a 4cm hole spacing to match the sliders without drilling? I know the F2 toe/heel blocks fit without mods, but Bomber toe/heel blocks are 5cm and need an “adapter” plate between the blocks and the slider. By the way, a small counter-sink on the bottom of the toe/heel blocks allow the tnuts to clear without the shim. Not sure you want to start drilling out your Cateks though… 😀 I asked Fin about the ATV inserts and he said that on his custom split 174 4wd, Chris moved the inserts closer to the center edges to allow for higher angles… How soon can you take her out? October 28, 2005 at 8:20 pm #583910 hardbooter 25 Posts oops, mental note. read post carefully before asking stupid questions… Excellent Job Eric. October 28, 2005 at 10:01 pm #583911 BBowman 8 Posts bcrider, I’ve been trying to submit a new topic or reply to a post to no avail. Not sure what’s wrong. I’m hoping you can help me out BC Rider. Here’s the post I was going to send: Dear Fellow Snowhounds, Thanks for all the excellent information throughout the forums. I’m getting ready to make the big purchase and I’m not sure I know anymore today than after reading everything here. I know it’s really hard to say here’s the setup you should buy, but I’m going to give you all my specs. and see what you’d recommend. Height 5’10” Shoe 10 Weight 165 I like freeride boards and I wear Northwave boots. From what I can gather, it seems like maybe I’d want to purchase the Burton 161 (I’ve been riding a 158), and the Voile split kit. What’s your opinion. Should I go with Burton, Voile, or Prior, or mix and match? I’ve been doing backcountry with my old Liquid board and snowshoes. I’m ready to start driving a Cadillac. By the way, I’m in Ft. Collins and plan on doing several trips on Cameron and Berthoud if anyone wants to join. Later!! October 28, 2005 at 10:05 pm #583912 BBowman 8 Posts Dear Fellow Snowhounds, Thanks for all the excellent information throughout the forums. I’m getting ready to make the big purchase and I’m not sure I know anymore today than after reading everything here. I know it’s really hard to say here’s the setup you should buy, but I’m going to give you all my specs. and see what you’d recommend. Height 5’10” Shoe 10 Weight 165 I like freeride boards and I wear Northwave boots. From what I can gather, it seems like maybe I’d want to purchase the Burton 161 (I’ve been riding a 158), and the Voile split kit. What’s your opinion. Should I go with Burton, Voile, or Prior, or mix and match? I’ve been doing backcountry with my old Liquid board and snowshoes. I’m ready to start driving a Cadillac. By the way, I’m in Ft. Collins and plan on doing several trips on Cameron and Berthoud if anyone wants to join. Later!! October 28, 2005 at 10:29 pm #583913 Eric 60 Posts Jorgi- looks like you have better tools then I do 😉 I thought the board would be stiff enough, but leave it open as an idea. Hardbooter- lots to read, eh? 😛 @hardbooter wrote: Hey Eric: A couple questions if you don’t mind… 1. Did you just saw off the heel “lip”, drill a couple holes, and buy an extra pin?- Basically, though i had some help (again, better tools). 2. Looks like you have three “parallel” center disks and one “inline” center disk. Did that help get to higher angles?- Yes, with stock discs I was limited to about 50*, but did not have to deal with the slider mods. 3. Do the Catek toe/heel block have a 4cm hole spacing to match the sliders without drilling? -Nope, I had to drill out the sliders. I used a cutting bit in a drill, took about an hr for the first one and 1o minutes for the second 🙄 By the way, a small counter-sink on the bottom of the toe/heel blocks allow the tnuts to clear without the shim. Not sure you want to start drilling out your Cateks though… 😀 – Exactly, I didn’t want to trim the t-nut to loose engagment, drill the blocks or tim my bolts. I had a few 16mm bolts, and the hardwear store didn’t stock 14’s. SHims were the easiest part. I asked Fin about the ATV inserts and he said that on his custom split 174 4wd, Chris moved the inserts closer to the center edges to allow for higher angles…- I thought about that. It would probably solve having to remove as much material off the pucks. How soon can you take her out? – Ugggg….only rain today ❗ October 29, 2005 at 1:48 pm #583914 BBowman 8 Posts By the way, I only posted this question here because I wasn’t able to create a new post. I know this question sort of came from nowhere. But any advice you all have would be greatly appreciated! Viewing 16 posts - 1 through 16 (of 16 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
